The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09
III TERRIBLE OPIUM HABIT.
eF DoCroRs AND DRU0Gxs1Y sAY
81 lRoUT TIE DRCG.


Shs samc result. In 1885 2,344 cases werc con-
auuaod In the United States, In 1880 2,s67. and
IA 1887 $500 cases. The legitimate uses OK
lppium have. Of course, increased with the
growth OF tho country and the population. In
It, medicinal uses opium ID an unmixed bless
ons, and 10 spoken OF In the medical books %
one Of tho most valuable remedies. But the
testimony OF drug dealers goes to show that
the pernicious use Of opium increases.
The action OF the drug and its enslsying
power upon tho senses h thus described: 1t
4 q stiniulant narcotic. and moderate dose
administered TO o healthy person increases the
force, fulness. and frequency OF tho pulse.
auaments tho temperature OF tho akin. inviG-
crates tho muscular system. auickens the
esnses. animates the spirits, and gives now
susrry to the intellectual faculties Its opera
ti6r. while thus extending to oil parts OF the
systsfn, IL directed with peculiar force to the
brsin, tho functions Of which II excitss some
times even to intoxication or dslirium. In .
sh0rt time this oxcltation subsides. A, calm;
meas IF the corporal action and Q dsifhti9i
InsS Sii to painful impressions, foree{tIns
o. car: AND ansass "a sunm
isn q, snd Is conScious 81 no
Doses which ~ Induce sGsP q s Ss sSSh
ongrgy OF tho body, II the dose DO not too often
sP sests = ' IN doses nsSfoient to produce
the full soporinc effect, the stimulant influence
the mental sU, anEssS enc or
esasred % e eSs and dreamy he
3kcse arc the elects sought for and obtained
bJ the. doyotees Of the drug but they are pnr.
sssd az fearful cost The e., smqks5 Of r TIE
Wfth Increasing palior OF Dyes anI face. that
ofice seen can always be recognized. The
dEan var fi't b. Tendency to pimpiss and
eldptions, the result Of the paralyElnE effect OF
upon the 6odS fnfto ms Sad ssSrs
\ ISSesi Any delay in taking the usual dose re-
S.ntapd newer dr s"sn o. The
6bxWed BY the terrible. appetite as With the
teeth IA f S. T Yd hs.a e sI gs s1 ssst
eSSsd collapse inysss,s the safisrsr with a hor-
596S Effects here Indicated as the portion Of
who resort 70 opium habitually with 9
q 81 SsnSsr T u g 3ns
sssos Il this eity y shropEh tSe medium q
NYse opium joints ~ They were started
s. 3; hs Y Sags;S s q
viii a,ssD ;s, sv Az aud Ssssa a' s
StEsE Fppolntnents IL keeping, aeyelopsd Into
10 siss nss q The
e s hs dSsss e. osSsf Il
The up-town streets. They became the very
fashionable dissipation for. men and women
12ss &c; t ls
ns Tss IN SDuR nI Joint nsans .n sns.
Ing n opium, hut the enactment against
nee Of ths PLACES sea- AYE the Ssss
raid these resorts. and though nothing could
b done 70 punish their trea1snters e TIE end:
Tor At least = night In u cell. This DISCOURAGED
Sn and |. sst oh the s Ss asS a
STREETS The II attention q TIE PoliSs. and z !,
suspscting I, Old lady Who thought 10 simply
tSousS sSs re
queer odors that came from bis roomA His
VA sent to soc what was up. and after several
q ss hs q
81 soint. The place was broken up.
sdteL MoeuiSsh 81 ne siI i pTselnct lh,tsh
Most N k DseGhi Sn op II
g oss.hss hna to 81 very 9fGsi
t33flt Is possible that somo white hends, "
&Q3{innen and women, ind an opportunity 70
n S1Sake under these same conditions. But the
143lerous indulgence, the Captain says, no
n - exists He ought to know for the Sixth
sd was both the piscs where they ORIGINALLY
Va IN this city and whore they nogrished
fni6tad to those places by curiosity.
j IhS, FIRST smoke was taken in the same spirit.
T64, gbsence Of the plsasurable effects Of which
A64H have heard 90 much IL. usually the most
&eSass away with . bad taste In his mouth
Ind q conviction that opium smoking ID o fraud
anlG humbug. The next day the bad taste In
thu mouth develops into something like the
69s0f If old rags, and the experimenter is con-
aclo0s OF desire and craving for something
without knowing Just what II Is. II he gets Q
emell oil opium smoke when In this condition
10 u seized with the desire for It that shows
that 20 DO tho one thing. that he has been want
Inc. He smokes, and the sensations that have
Soon q "aend., and. like all ilends," insatia.
Il BIZ. The more he smokes the moro he wants.
Sergeant Price. who was with Inspector VIII
lame In tho famous old Twenty-ninth pre-
einct as detective subscribes TO Capt. Nc
Oullagh's theory that those joints are no longer